Happy New Year's Eve! Is anyone going to stay up until midnight? We'll probably be asleep by 9pm. We used to go out dancing with a group of friends, usually to Eagles or Elks clubs, and after midnight a big breakfast was served. Lots of fun then but I was a lot younger then!
LORI - glad you are back to working on your OWL. It's a great pattern. Don't forget there is a thread here just for OWL-makers to post progress, pictures, comments, etc. I've forgotten which month you started with, but I'm thinking it was March?
CHRISS - did you make it to Costco? Our Costco is like most everything else where I live - in the woods off the main highway. And only 3 miles from our house. A mixed blessing for sure! It's probably hard to tell if Jerry is feeling lousy because of the cancer or because of the treatment. Give him a hug from me!
MARY Q - I'm loving your quilt! Purrfect use of all those FG's!! Isn't it a good feeling to have all the decorations down and packed away? I usually do a big clean, too, as I take everything down. Even when in the trailer. It just takes me about an hour to do it all instead of 3 days! That was an excellent price for your batting! And yes, I have had fabric for years because it's my "good" or favorite fabric. lol! I've only recently decided to force myself to use it. And honestly, I've been surprised to find myself actually relieved that I don't have to give it space any longer.
SHARONA - you've got a lot of furnaces, but aren't you glad you do! Sounds like an excellent excuse to hang out in your sewing shack! Glad your machines will be safe. Did you get the furnace fixed yet?
VAL - it's a busy business, settling an estate. I hope everything comes together for you easily and quickly. You must be so exhausted by now. And with everything you are doing, you still managed to get Jan Lotto up! You must have a whole closet of capes to choose from!!
JANA - glad you once again, have a walk in closet! Does Michael have his own closet or do you rent him space in yours?
How soon will your floating shelves float into place? They will be very nice to display all your treasures.LOIS - How goes the cat cutting? I should get my pattern out, too, and read it as we travel tomorrow. Though I can't start it for several weeks yet. I'll just forget and have to re-read.
FLO - You missed all the fun! We (mostly Bill) consider going to Costco a date. We always go together and he always wants to stroll every single aisle "just to see". There's always something new. We find Sunday mornings or any suppertime is less crowded. We try to not go on Fridays or Saturdays. And Costcos in other parts of the country sell different things than our home store. Interesting.
JUDI - have you been de-deccing at your house? How do you like the pizza oven? The pizza party we went to a few years ago - there were individual sized dough balls and each guest pressed out their own and chose from a selection of sauces, toppings, cheeses. They only took minutes to cook. It was great entertainment!
Today is our last day in Austin. We're going to the kids for pizza about noon and we'll celebrate Autumn's 47th birthday 10 days early. Yesterday morning we framed our 8x10 of us with Amara. She loved it! She kept patting our faces in the picture, then turning to look at us and smile. Bill put it on the wall above her big playpen, just out of her reach. And a good thing - she kept trying to reach it! She kept smiling and turning from the picture to us. Autumn laughed when they got home. She loved it. And promised we'll be doing a lot of zooming and face-timing. We made an identical picture w/frame for ourselves.
We're almost all packed up. Bill plans to hitch up tonite so our diesel engine isn't too disruptive to our neighbors at 7:30 tomorrow morning. He says, "We roll at daybreak!"
All the way to Houston (3-4 hrs). We plan to check in with Cindy and Sue tomorrow night and from there - on to FL. And everyone - especially Chriss! - wind those bobbins so you'll always have full ones!
Happy New Year!
mary z
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